#4496C6#4496C6

#4496C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4496C6
RGB	rgb(68, 150, 198)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -9.90, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 33.62, 252.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0577 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.107 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4794, 27.1164, 57.4117)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4496C6 #C67444

analogous

#44C6B5 #4496C6 #4455C6

triadic

#4496C6 #C64496 #96C644

tetradic

#4496C6 #B544C6 #C67444 #55C644

square

#4496C6 #B544C6 #C67444 #55C644

split-complementary

#4496C6 #C64455 #C6B544

monochromatic

#22526E #30759D #4496C6 #73B0D4 #A2CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4496C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4496C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4496C6

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4496C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4496C6	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4496c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 150, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b4d7',
    500: '#4496c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4496c6;
$custom-light: #85b4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4496c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.154,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64275,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4496C6

secondary

#CFAB97

accent

#814BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4496C6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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